Judges should have guidelines to the degree and dollar amount they can forfeit a bail bond. Families of a defendant should not be made victims if defendant is taken back to jail.

Defendants should not have to choose between an emergency with a child, and making it to a court date. Court can be rescheduled; a life cannot.

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

December 5, 2017 Arizona Bail Bondsmen Association wants to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas! Have a Happy New Year.

Arizona Bail Bondsmen Association Making Changes

December 4, 2017 --The Arizona Bail Bondsmen Association is on the move and making changes to Arizona Revised Statutes related to Bail Bonds. Amending Sections 13-3969, 20-340.01 and 20-340.03. Within the documents in following list are the changes pertaining to the revised statutes.

2017 Best of Mesa Award in the Bail Bond Services category

November 10, 2017 --Didn't Do It Bail Bonds, with offices in Mesa and Phoenix, AZ, has been selected for the 2017 Best of Mesa Award in the Bail Bond Services category by the U.S. Commerce Association (USCA). Visit their Phoenix Bail Bonds location or their Mesa Bail Bonds

The USCA "Best of Local Business" Award Program recognizes outstanding local businesses throughout the country. Each year, the USCA identifies companies that they believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community. | News Release

Draft Bills from Arizona Legislative Council

November 2, 2017 -- Draft bills have been provided to the Arizona Bail Bondsmen Association from the Arizona Legislative Council. These drafts are in regard to Section 13. There are three drafts, with versions for the House and the Senate that have identical wording. The drafts are:

New Stakeholders Meetings Scheduled

November 1, 2017 -- A third Stakeholders Meeting has been scheduled for November 14, 2017. A fourth meeting will be scheduled for early December. Attending the December meeting will be Senator Frank Antenori, sponsor of several of the bills being proposed by the Arizona Bail Bondsmen Association. John Burns, Association President, will be meeting with several State Senators and Representatives prior to the meetings to discuss updates and changes to the proposed bills.

Crime Report Released

October 14, 2017 -- The 2017 Crime in Arizona Report has been released by the Arizona Department of Public Safety. | Download PDF

Facebook Page Launched

October 13, 2017 -- The Arizona Bail Bondsmen Association has launched their Facebook page. Please pay us a visit and join the conversation about today's issues affecting the Bail Bond Industry.

Second Stakeholders Meeting Held

September 30, 2017 -- On September 27, 2017, the second Stakeholders Meeting was conducted in the Republican Caucus Room at the Arizona Senate Building at the State Capital.

Meeting invitees included representatives from the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, House and Senate Banking and Insurance Committees, Arizona Department of Insurance, Arizona Department of Public Safety, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, Arizona Post, Sheriffs Association, Association of County Clerks, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Association of County Attorneys, Arizona Supreme Court, and the Police Chiefs Association.

The Arizona Bail Bondsmen Association is working to build an industry that has been forgotten about since 1962. The Commercial Bail Industry saves millions in taxpayers’ hard-earned money. Our goal is to strengthen the Commercial Bail Industry with training, education, licensing requirements, and most of all, to insure the public safety.

Our next stakeholders meeting will be scheduled for late October at the State Capital. We will review additional changes in the proposed bills.

First Stakeholders Meeting Held

August 31, 2017 -- On August 30, 2017, the first Stakeholders Meeting was conducted at the Arizona State Capital. The attendance was more than we expected. A great deal of information was covered in regard to the Commercial Bail Bond Industry.

These Stakeholders Meetings are INFORMATIONAL ONLY, and are being held in order to determine what changes need to be made in the Commerical Bail Bond Industry. The Stakeholders Meetings will get the various government agencies together to discuss issues facing the Commercial Bail Bond Industry.

Our next stakeholders meeting will be on September 30, 2017 at the State Capital at 9:00 am. We will review changes in the proposed bills, and how we will proceed on Title 13.

Bounty Hunters, Are They Necessary?

August 19, 2017 -- Bounty Hunter Duane “Dog” Chapman on the business of being a bail bondsman.

After 10 Hours, Fugitive Yields to SWAT Team

July 30, 2017 -- A 22-year-old man was arrested Friday after a 10-hour standoff with SWAT officers at a motel on Tucson's south side. Just after 2 a.m., deputies responded to a call about gunfire in the 4900 block of South Outlet Center Drive, near Irvington Road and I-10, said Deputy Dawn Barkman, a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman. There, they found two bail bondsmen who had gone to arrest Felix and heard gunfire coming from inside the room where he was staying, Barkman said. The bail bondsmen used nonlethal force after Felix fired.

4-19-11 -- AZ House Bill 2109 Signed

Arizona House Bill 2109 - 50th Legislature, sponsored by Representative Mccomish and Representative McLain, was signed into law on April 19, 2017.

This Bill requires an applicant for a bail bond agent license to submit an affadavit that attests to the applicant's residency in the State of Arizona for at least one year immediatelly preceding the date of the application.

Text of the bill is available on the Arizona State Legislature website | [more]

1-31-11 - Senate Bill SB1599

The first ever bill presented to Arizona State Legislation by the Arizona Bail Bondsmen Association; former Senator Versoors sponsoring the Bill so that Legislative Counsel Michael Haningburg could draft the bill. [more]

1-31-11 - HB2109 - House Bill

The association was made aware of a potential issue with a bill that was in the House. John Burns, President of the Association, testified in front of the Banking and Insurance Committee. Please view the video link listed below and see why the association is so important to our industry.

To view the video footage click here. Then to go directly to the HB2109 portion of the video, and click on that title under the video on the left.